Nope, not a rider heat question!
So I'm going over my new to me ST1300 (2010) looking for potential issues as discussed in these forums. BTW, Thanks to all of you that have contributed to this data base!
After a thorough looking over, bolt checks, fluids, etc., I went out for a first ride of about 20 minutes. After I parked, I went around the bike checking for anything in the drive-train and brakes that were hot. Everything was well within what I expected. The drive side of the rear wheel was very warm. Not too hot as to prevent holding your hand on it, but very warm. The brakes on the other side were what I expected for the braking I had done at the end of the ride, and the axle/ bearing area was cool. Oh yeah, of course I checked the final drive fluid prior to the ride and it was clean and at the correct level.
It's been many years since I owned a shaft drive bike and I just wanted to confirm that this is normal heat before I stretch the rides out further.
Thank you, Dave
So I'm going over my new to me ST1300 (2010) looking for potential issues as discussed in these forums. BTW, Thanks to all of you that have contributed to this data base!
After a thorough looking over, bolt checks, fluids, etc., I went out for a first ride of about 20 minutes. After I parked, I went around the bike checking for anything in the drive-train and brakes that were hot. Everything was well within what I expected. The drive side of the rear wheel was very warm. Not too hot as to prevent holding your hand on it, but very warm. The brakes on the other side were what I expected for the braking I had done at the end of the ride, and the axle/ bearing area was cool. Oh yeah, of course I checked the final drive fluid prior to the ride and it was clean and at the correct level.
It's been many years since I owned a shaft drive bike and I just wanted to confirm that this is normal heat before I stretch the rides out further.
Thank you, Dave